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B-199034 1 (1981-02-09)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabjyn0001 and id is 1 raw text is: GAO United States General Accounting Office Office of Washington, DC 20548 General Counsel SReP B-199034 ~~~Refer to: B193 Februar 9, 1981 41 Honorable James B. Kig Chairman, National Transportation Safety Board Dear Mr. King: Mr. B. Michael Levins, Director, Bureau of Administration, has requested that Principal Cashier Karen V. Peacock be relieved from lia- bility for a $684.77 imprest fund loss. For the reasons that follow, relief is granted. According to the record, the loss apparently occurred sometime between the close of business on November 19, 1979, and 10:30 a.m. on the following day. The funds were stored in a combination safe with separate drawers, each with its own individual combination lock. (The record is confusing on this point. Some Board documents refer to drawers while others refer to combination locks on the cash boxes. In view of our decision below, it is unnecessary to resolve this dis- crepancy.) At 4:45 p.m. on November 19, Ms. Peacock locked the drawer (and/or cash box) containing the funds and also locked the outer safe door. At 5:00 p.m., Accounting Officer Lillie B. Isler checked to assure that the safe was locked and locked the office door. At approximately 10:30 a.m. on November 20, Ns. Peacock opened the safe to make a payment and dis- covered the money missing except for some coins. An investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation produced no evidence to explain the loss. The General Accounting Office is authorized by 31 U.S.C. § 82a-1 to relieve an accountable officer from liability for a physical loss or de- ficiency if GAO concurs with administrative determinations that the loss occurred while the accountable officer was acting in the discharge of official duties and that the loss occurred without fault or negligence on the part of the accountable officer. The record does contain the no fault or negligence determination and, while it does not contain the discharge of official duties determination, the various documents sub- mitted clearly indicate that this was the Board's conclusion. See B-195435, September 12, 1979. ~C

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